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starku wrote:Why do you think you couldn't get a different job before you finish school

Part time stuff is a great way to try new things

It's not that I couldn't find a different job, it's that whatever I get wouldn't necessarily be more fulfilling than what i'm doing now, though it couldn't hurt to look.

Knubble tov wrote:I tried joining the Navy but Navy but I don't know how to swim. Actually, I was disqualified because of the Toe Fingers.

Does that interfere with walking?

I don't know. The army's always been an option if my Dad stops helping me pay for school I guess, but I really don't want to be that guy who joins up right when the war's over and takes shit from all the vets who've been overseas.

That's just them being dicks. Besides, there will be more.

Don't though. I will come to Michigan and kick you into the Lake if you do.

Darksi4190 wrote:I don't know. The army's always been an option if my Dad stops helping me pay for school I guess, but I really don't want to be that guy who joins up right when the war's over and takes shit from all the vets who've been overseas.

there's always a next war

By year six I detested the army, and I'd wanted to be a soldier since I was six.

my last job wasn't so bad for the first three years

by year 6 the dull tedium of doing the same thing over and over had gotten to me and i was really feeling trapped

Aaron wrote:

Knubble tov wrote:I tried joining the Navy but Navy but I don't know how to swim. Actually, I was disqualified because of the Toe Fingers.

Does that interfere with walking?

I was referring to my hand. I wouldn't be able to fire rifles. I don't know why I couldn't get a desk job.

Darksi4190 wrote:That's actually what dave said too. Apparently the Army isn't nearly as exciting as the recruiters tell you it will be.

99% of what a recruiter tells you is bullshit and they have zero interest in helping you or even giving you a job you're suited for

"you say you've already got some college and are fully certified as an emt with experience treating traumatic injuries? i've got the perfect job for you: artillery"

Darksi4190 wrote:Is that any good? I was thinking about getting it.

I enjoy it. It's fast and pretty and has a cool selection of mobile suits from across the different universes. It's usually limited to 2-3 suits per series though. Online play is cutthroat, and while there are a lot of single-player missions and an arcade mode, I miss having a narrative (Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam's story mode was really cool, even if repetitive).

Re : joining the army : what about the Reserve ?


I was thinking about joining it after my studies finished and once I'll have a stable job with a correct pay.

Do you know if it's really difficult to have a professional career with the fact you're a reservist ?

What has all of the downsides but none of the upside, Alex?

(Reserve has all of the discipline requirements, an almost the same chance of getting shot at, if not worse, and no guarantee of a steady paycheck.)

Aaron wrote:That's just them being dicks. Besides, there will be more.

Don't though. I will come to Michigan and kick you into the Lake if you do.

So I should probably just cancel this google search for recruiting offices then?

i'm kidding. I'd need to get into better shape before I even talk to a recruiter, because right now there's no way in hell i'd pass an army physical. As it is i'd have to find a morally ambiguous recruiter to overlook my congenital heart defect.

Well, that, or sign some kind of waiver excusing the army from liability when my heart explodes like an overinflated balloon during basic.

Losonti Tokash wrote:

Darksi4190 wrote:That's actually what dave said too. Apparently the Army isn't nearly as exciting as the recruiters tell you it will be.

99% of what a recruiter tells you is bullshit and they have zero interest in helping you or even giving you a job you're suited for

"you say you've already got some college and are fully certified as an emt with experience treating traumatic injuries? i've got the perfect job for you: artillery"

Apparently they did that to my friend. He tested real well in mechanical and electrical skills (He's basically a genius at fixing anything with electronics or moving parts) so they assigned him to repair command-level communications equipment, but last week I found out they're also having him man a machine gun on a humvee as well for some reason.

Well if your in a field unit, then yeah you do that. In the field I only performed my actual trade a few hours a day. The rest was spent fixing shit, guarding shit, filling up shit, driving shit, cleaning shit and sleeping.

As it is i'd have to find a morally ambiguous recruiter to overlook my congenital heart defect.

this is every recruiter

even if you tell them about it he'll just be like "oh well, when they ask you about it just don't mention that you have one"

Knubble tov wrote:

Aaron wrote:

Knubble tov wrote:I tried joining the Navy but Navy but I don't know how to swim. Actually, I was disqualified because of the Toe Fingers.

Does that interfere with walking?

I was referring to my hand. I wouldn't be able to fire rifles. I don't know why I couldn't get a desk job.

So join the public service.

There's more than one way to serve your country if you are set on it.

Or do you just want the uniform?

But then he'd be one of dem' dam' dirty UNION members!

another thing with the army to beware of is they want a pretty long commitment so if you end up hating it, you're kinda suck with it

weemadando wrote:Or do you just want the uniform?

A small part of me wants to do it to prove to an ex-girlfriend from ten years ago that I could

no uniform could do you justice, tim

you're a good man

pretty girl, beware of this heart of gold

this heart is cold

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLDFINGER

timmy wrote: A small part of me wants to do it to prove to an ex-girlfriend from ten years ago that I could

I think that's partially why i'm considering it too, I mean not the ex-girlfriend thing, but just to prove that I could handle it, because pretty much everybody I talk to says that I couldn't.

sounds like a great way of building up angst and regret if it's not something you actually want to do for yourself

I don't know, it's probably a stupid idea anyways. I just figured there'd be some meaning to it you know? Like i'd be doing something important, but that's probably not the case.